« La période hellénistique commence avec l'expansion considérable du monde grec lors de la conquête de l'Empire perse par Alexandre le Grand : ses frontières s'étendent désormais jusqu'à l'Egypte et aux contreforts de l'Himalaya, et elle s'achève lorsque Rome s'empare de l'Orien…
Diodoros of Sicily's book XIX is the main source for the history of the Diadochoi, Alexander the Great's Successors, from 317 to 311 BCE. With the first full-scale commentary on this text in any language Alexander Meeus offers a detailed and reliable guide to the complicated his…
The essays presented here offer an exciting interdisciplinary approach to the study of an emerging Hellenistic world, its newness but also its oldness, both real and imagined.
"When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the mountains of Afghanistan. This empire did not survive Alexander's death, and rapidly broke into several successor states. These states, substantial kingdoms in their…
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the mountains of Afghanistan. This empire did not survive Alexander's death, and rapidly broke into several successor states. These states, substantial kingdoms in their …
When Alexander the Great died in 323 BC, he left an empire that stretched from the shores of the Adriatic to the mountains of Afghanistan. This empire did not survive Alexander's death, and rapidly broke into several successor states. These states, substantial kingdoms in their …
